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Old 08-01-2007, 03:48 PM   #2
MarinerOne
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Default Re: TAM Airlines Flight 3054 Crash tape relays Brazil pilots' terror

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Originally Posted by D-AIHC View Post
FDR and CVR reveals vital information not known before. Among them:

1. Spoilers were not able to be deployed.
2. One of the throttles was in the wrong position, causing the aircraft to speed up instead.

Crash tape relays Brazil pilots' terror - Yahoo! News

Also, something I've expected:

TAM airlines, Airbus sued in US over Brazil air tragedy - Yahoo! News
Very interesting revelation there D-IHAC ... in some ways, if this is true, then the plane "outsmarted" itself into thinking that it was "taking off" and disabled the spoiler system.

YIKES!!!
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